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German swims to work

───   09:32 Sat, 12 Aug 2017

German swims to work | News Article

Munich - A burly Munich beer garden worker hates traffic so much that he has started swimming to work.


Reuters reports that Benjamin David now packs his laptop and clothes into a waterproof bag which he puts on his back, dons his wetsuit and slides into the River Isar for his journey. 

He used to go by bike, bus, car or on foot but this took too long, according to David. 

It now only takes him about 12 minutes to get to work. 

However, in winter the river, which flows near the center of the Bavarian capital, can get chilly at temperatures of about 4 degrees. 

But David is not perturbed, he says in winter he just wears a longer wetsuit. 

Reuters



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